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California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers
Academic Freedom

California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers

H. Scott Prosterman

Positioned and disguised as a bill to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism expressions, it is really an attack on academic freedom

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“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30

“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30

12/22/2025 By Juan Cole

Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up

Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up

12/22/2025 By The Conversation

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Zakaria: Tea Party Tactics Immoral, Dictatorial

Zakaria: Tea Party Tactics Immoral, Dictatorial

Vice President Joe Biden may or may not have concurred with some disgruntled Democratic politicians that in the negotiations over the debt ceiling, the Tea […]

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Turkey
Eissenstat:  Turkey’s Generals Resign

Eissenstat: Turkey’s Generals Resign

Howard Eissenstat writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Turkey’s Generals Resign: Thoughts on a New Chapter in Turkish Politics For most of my […]

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Sound and Fury:  Americans Actually Lightly Taxed

Sound and Fury: Americans Actually Lightly Taxed

The following chart is a slightly shortened version of the one at The Globe and Mail, which demonstrates that US tax rates are among the […]

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Energy
Cheek:  We have no Liberty without Energy Freedom

Cheek: We have no Liberty without Energy Freedom

Martin Cheek, co-author of Clean Energy Nation: Freeing America from the Tyranny of Fossil Fuels, writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Americans Must […]

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Islamophobia
Al-Tamimi: The Norway Attacks and the Paranoid Mindset

Al-Tamimi: The Norway Attacks and the Paranoid Mindset

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The Norway Attacks and the Paranoid Mindset It has emerged that Anders Breivik- who […]

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Bahrain
Top Developments in the Arab Spring this Weekend

Top Developments in the Arab Spring this Weekend

As usual, Friday was a big day for the popular Arab reform movements that are challenging dictatorial governments. 1. Syrian security forces are alleged to […]

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European Extremism Scares Arabs

European Extremism Scares Arabs

Egyptian newspaper Al-Shuruq in Arabic for July 29, 2011: Article on Anders Breivik with the title, “Europe’s Extreme Right: A Hatred Factory”

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A Story More Important than Debt Limit Kabuki

A Story More Important than Debt Limit Kabuki

I take it the American news cycle is dominated by the artificial debate over raising the debt limit. It is a silly season story. The […]

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Libya
Controversies over Younis assassination in Libya

Controversies over Younis assassination in Libya

Abdel Fattah Younis, military leader of the Free Libya Forces, was assassinated Thursday. Younis was too close to Qaddafi, despite his defection, to remain truly […]

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